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The play picked up a first down. The taunting resulted in a personal foul penalty. And none of that mattered. Swearinger sent a message and nobody on Clemson forgot that hit the rest of the night.

Have an attitude. Don't just tackle. Punish.

i understand your point, but we must give the A&M players credit. The key was the fact we played per the coach a soft zone ten yards off. It is very hard to cover fast wideouts from 10 yards off. Remember Ace Sanders he would shake players 3 yards off. A&M players were really good. Coach Ward must play bump and run. Aslo when the RB leads out send a CB to the line like Vic Hampton would do last year and disrupt the play before crossing the line. A&M if you look at the film had a cushion of no less than 5 yards on each passing play.

^this? What's this? I said they played like hot garbage and it's true! But what I'll also say now is this season has just taken it's first step while it was a very shaky one it's just the first few in a long road that is the 2014 season.

Of course my larger point is simply that the D needs to play with an attitude. Get some fire. But, yeah, I think if a guy is in position to make a punishing tackle, then he should do it. I'm not advocating form over substance and wouldn't suggest going for style points at the risk of missing a tackle. But if you can effectively tackle and do it with a little extra pop, then do it.

How many times have you seen receivers come across the middle to make a catch and get absolutely leveled but still make the catch, then the next time they go across the middle you can see they are tentative? They remember that last hit.

^this? What's this? I said they played like hot garbage and it's true! But what I'll also say now is this season has just taken it's first step while it was a very shaky one it's just the first few in a long road that is the 2014 season.